Elon Musk Goes After Trump Over Epstein Files: ‘Time To Drop The Really Big Bomb’

Elon Musk escalated his falling out with President Donald Trump with what he characterized as a “really big bomb” on Thursday, stating that Trump is “in the Epstein files” and has been fighting against their release.

Musk’s stunning comment was made in a post on X amid what has quickly become an ugly falling out after the tech billionaire started to criticize the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which Trump supports. Musk says the administration has not released files linked to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because the commander in chief himself is mentioned in the documents.

“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” Musk said in one post. He added in a follow-up: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”

As of press time, Trump has not given a direct response to Musk’s assertion concerning Epstein, however the president did say in posts on Truth Social that his one-time ally “just went CRAZY!” and suggested his government subsidies and contracts were in jeopardy.

Trump’s association with Epstein are known, though the president has denied any involvement with Epstein’s criminal acts. Some materials that have already been disclosed, including flight logs and court records, have made mentions of Trump being socially linked to Epstein. However, they have not presented any evidence implicating Trump in wrongdoing.

In 2008, after Epstein was accused of sexually abusing female minors in Florida, he reached a deal with federal prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to state-level prostitution charges, registered as a sex offender, and served roughly 13 months in jail and in a work-release program.

Last fall, in a conversation with podcaster Lex Fridman, Trump insisted that he would have “no problem” with releasing documents related to Epstein if he won the presidential election in November. He also addressed Epstein’s so-called “pedophile island,” saying, “A lot of big people went to that island, but fortunately, I was not one of them.”

Epstein died at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in August 2019 after being arrested on sex trafficking charges involving young girls and pleading not guilty. Top officials in Trump’s FBI insist Epstein killed himself, and recently teased the release of video.

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Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime companion, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to traffic and sexually abuse underage girls. She has since appealed the conviction.

With regard to the “Epstein files,” Trump’s administration faced controversy in February when it released documents to well-known X personalities, only for people to quickly realize that the supposedly new records had already been disclosed.

Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed the FBI lied to her about turning over all the files. She later said on Fox News a “truckload” of evidence arrived and FBI Director Kash Patel would give her a “detailed report” on why the materials had been withheld.

Musk earlier this year said he loved Trump “as much as a straight man can love another man.”